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Not my cup of cake

...a lot of the races now that are really boring are all the purpose-designed tracks built in deserts where you could have done absolutely anything that you want.

It's pretty disappointing that you've got two massively boring races on circuits where you had literally carte blanche to do anything you liked. You could have had elevation change or moved sand wherever you want it

Exulted Lord High Moderator of the Apex

It's pretty disappointing that you've got two massively boring races on circuits where you had literally carte blanche to do anything you liked. You could have had elevation change or moved sand wherever you want it

Poor old MG, he's missed the point. They did do exactly what they wanted, they made purpose built air conditioned viewing platforms for the prawn sandwhich brigade, Ferrari homage centres, multi million doller hotels, leasure complex's and every luxury a sponsor could want.

What's that? A race track you say? Pah, just two hours of noise on a sunday that causes ripples in the Sultans orange juice !!

World Champion

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The desert tracks are indeed utter crap, but the chassis aero (post 82), tires, rev limited engines and poor driver conduct are to blame as well.
And the "historic" Spa was boring as hell (apart from '08 when it rained), ditto Silverstone, Hockehnheim, Monaco, Monza, Suzuka.
Only Canda and Australia (with more hick-ups though ) can produce good races when it doesn't rain, while China and Malaysia are rain dependent and lucky to get monsoons.

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What opportunity is missed exactly ?!
Tracks have been poorly designed or redesigned since the early 70s.
I 've read old magazines in witch race-fans were complaining about the chicanes at Monza, Silverstone in the early-mid 70s and the disappearance of slipstream racing with lots of overtakings and photo finishes.

And this was long before Tilke.
The tilkedromes are the results of a long long process of evolution that started in the late 60s/ early 70s.

Rookie

Rookie

Actually back on topic, regarding the comments from Gascoyne, I think it's a shame that many people are probably in agreement with him and in a position where their views might be considered but they will just keep quite to not look like a rebel in the eyes of Mr Ecclestone

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One more off topic comment from me regarding the software.
It is currently not officially released and was still in Beta phase until 2 weeks ago; we really are at the forefront when it comes to forum software.
Over the year you will see more and more features being added as it is developed and improved.